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Old 12-15-2013, 12:43 PM
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Default Which CAI/Tune is the best?

I'm going for all the bolt-ons for my car until I go supercharged which won't be for another 3-5 years. Anyways, I'm not sure on what's the best Intake/Tune Combo for what I plan on doing (Throttle Body, Long tube headers, o/r X pipe, and cams later down the road)

So which intake/tune combo would be best?

Airaid Race/Tuner - $619.99
JLT Series 3 Intake/Tuner - $579.99
Steeda Intake/Tuner - $639.99
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Old 12-15-2013, 02:45 PM
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As long as your tunes are from AM or Brenspeed, any of the CAI combos work equally well. The bulk of your performance is from the tune. All of the tune-required CAI's are equivalent in performance.
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Old 12-15-2013, 03:26 PM
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I ran a C&L cold air intake and 90 octane Bama Race tune on my 08 Auto and it ran great

13.4's all day long!
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Old 12-16-2013, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by GCCBrian
I'm going for all the bolt-ons for my car until I go supercharged which won't be for another 3-5 years. Anyways, I'm not sure on what's the best Intake/Tune Combo for what I plan on doing (Throttle Body, Long tube headers, o/r X pipe, and cams later down the road)

So which intake/tune combo would be best?

Airaid Race/Tuner - $619.99
JLT Series 3 Intake/Tuner - $579.99
Steeda Intake/Tuner - $639.99
a reminder if u go SC the CAI will need to be replaced..
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Old 12-16-2013, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Nuke
As long as your tunes are from AM or Brenspeed, any of the CAI combos work equally well. The bulk of your performance is from the tune. All of the tune-required CAI's are equivalent in performance.
What he said.
I myself prefer Brenspeed tunes.
I've had both AM (Bama) tunes, and Brenspeed tunes.
Brenspeed is the only tuners that I have NEVER had a single issue or problem with. They are also very customer oriented and the way they treat you is top notch.

AM is great but I have to be honest and say nobody does work and treats their customers as well as Brenspeed.
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Old 12-17-2013, 12:25 AM
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This is what I used on my 06 GT and it made a very nice increase in power, AND fuel economy:

http://www.uprproducts.com/mustang-b...sct-tuner.html
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Old 12-17-2013, 10:34 AM
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I have the air raid for sale if you want it. I bought a supercharger so I couldn't use it anymore. Pm me if interested
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AFE should be a good option for you as well. Dyno shows here a decent amount of overall powergain as well as a good chunk of torque extra. With a tune, this should do quite well overall:




Retails at $215.25 + Shipping - PM me for your cost.
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Old 12-17-2013, 11:13 AM
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The brenspeed site is so confusing, how do you even order a custom tune on there??
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